SOCIETY AFFAIRS 



Patkus Ivi:.\i) Ai" TiiK Annual Mtii'iiNG 



The program for the annual meeting of the Soeiety inehuled the 

 following papers which were to he read. Of these, however, only five 

 were actually presented and only two were discussed. The rest were 

 merely read by title. 



Some Observations of Empirical Porestry in tlie Adirondacks. . . Harold C. Relyea 

 Second Growth Hardwoods in the Adirondacks — Some Preliminary Data 



on Volume and Increment A. B. Recknagel 



First Results in the Streamflow h'.xperiment — Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, 



Carlos G. Bates 

 A Standard Unit for Co-ordinating Sites — More About the Roth Plan, 



E. H. Frothingham 

 A Generalized Yield Tabic for Even-aged, W^ell-stocked Stands of South- 

 ern Upland Hardwoods W. D. Sterrett 



The Place of Forest Products Research and Utilization in any Effective 



National Policy C. P. Winslow 



The Place of Bio-chemistry in Forestry Raphael Zon 



Replacement of the Chestnut J. S. IHick 



Forest Planting in Southern Michigan L. J. Young 



Report of the President 



December 20, ig?o. 



The last two years of the Society's existence have been noteworthy 

 for at least one thing, namely, that the Society as an organization has 

 ^.••:.rged from a state of lethargy into one of action. For the first 

 ^ime in its existence the membership of the organization was called 

 upon to express its opinion on a vital national question. The result 

 of the vote on the Report of the Committee on the Apjilication of 

 Forestry was conclusive, in spite of any contention which may be 

 made that it was not representative. We are justified in assuming 

 that those who were firmly opposed to the report voted, ar; also did 

 those who were strongly in favor of it. Since in addition to those 

 mentioned, there were many votes vast by members who had no active 

 part in the campaign either for or against the report, we can only 

 assume that they cast their ballots after having carefully weighed 



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